SynthesisEthiopian journal of health sciences2020
Pulmonary Nocardiosis in Suspected Tuberculosis Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies.
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- Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcome of Central Nervous System Nocardiosis: A Systematic Review of Reported Cases.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2022Pooled it
- Pulmonary actinomycosis and pulmonary nocardiosis mimicking lung cancer: A case series and narrative review.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2026Review
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- Clinical characteristics of pulmonary nocardiosis in patients with and without bronchiectasis: a single-center retrospective comparative study.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
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- Concurrent invasive disseminated Nocardia farcinica and Candida infections in a patient undergoing long-term glucocorticoid therapy for autoimmune thrombocytopenia: a case report.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Metagenome next-generation sequencing plays a key role in the diagnosis and selection of effective antibiotics on the treatment ofFrontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Abdominal Abscesses Caused byInfection and drug resistance · 2023Article
- [Bacteriemia by disseminated pulmonary nocardiosis].Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2021Article
- Genotypic and phenotypic characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistance against fluoroquinolones in the northeast of Iran.BMC infectious diseases · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundnocardiosis is an opportunistic infectious disease in immunocompromised patients. The most common form of nocardiosis infection in humans is pulmonary nocrdiosis caused by inhaling Nocardia species from the environment. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the pulmonary nocardiosis in patients with suspected tuberculosis using systematic review and meta-analysis.
methodsWe conducted a systematic search for cross-sectional studies focused on the pulmonary nocardiosis among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) published from January 2001 to October 2019. The search was conducted in MEDLINE/PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, Science Direct databases, and Iranian databases. Medical subject headings (MeSH) and text words were searched: "pulmonary nocardiosis", "nocardiosis", OR "nocardial infection", "pulmonary nocardial infections/agents", AND "pulmonary tuberculosis", OR "pulmonary TB", AND "Iran". Two of the reviewers enrolled independently articles published in English and Persian languages according to the inclusion and the exclusion criteria. Comprehensive Meta-Analysis software (Version 3.3.070) was used for meta-analysis.
resultsOnly 4 studies met the eligibility criteria. The pulmonary nocardiosis prevalence varied from 1.7% to 6.7%. The combined prevalence of nocardiosis among patients with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis in Iran was 4.8% (95% CI: 3-7.3, Q=5.8, Z=12.7). No heterogeneity was observed between studies because I
conclusionsThis review showed in patients suspected TB when they were negative in all diagnosis laboratory tests, nocardiosis cases which be considered.
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